Self-lubricating spinning ring



Oct. 26; 1943 c. FILLINGER SELF LUBRICATING SPINNING RING Filed NOV. 12, 1942 Patented Oct. 26, 1943 SELF-LUBRICATING SPINNING RING Charles Fillinger, Buffalo, N. Y., assignor to Herr Manufacturing Company, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 12, 1942, Serial No. 465,348

'12 Claims.

This invention relates generally to the spin-- ning art but more particularly to certain new and useful improvements in the lubrication of the rings employed in connection with spinning machines.v

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a spinning ring which is so designed as to not only effectually lubricate the bearing faces of the ring but prevent as well the infiltration of dust, dirt, lint and other foreign matter into the lubricant-conducting line or stream and thereby eliminate plugging of the latter.

Another object is to provide a wick-feed, selflubricating spinning ring having simple, reliable and inexpensive means constituting an enclosure for that portion of the wick immersed in the lubricant-receiving well to effectually conceal the same against dust and dirt settling thereon and at the same time provide for the capillary feed of the lubricant to the wick to insure proper lubrication of the ring.

A further object of the invention is to provide, for ready application to the lubricant-receiving well of the wick-feed type of spinning ring, a wick-concealing, cap-like device which is designed to maintain the wick clean and free of objectionable foreign matter and which also includes a self-contained, lubricant-absorbing element which serves to lubricate the ring for a predetermined time period after the lubricantwell is empty.

Other features of the invention reside in the construction and arrangement of parts herein after described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the self-lubricating spinning ring embodying my invention, the wick-enclosing cap of one of the lubricant-receiving wells being removed, Figure 2 is anenlarged fragmentary cross section thereof taken on line 2--2, Figure 1. Figure 3 is a vertical section taken in the plane of line 33 Figure 1. Figure 4 is a detached perspective view of the wick-enclosing cap.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

By way of example, my invention has been shown in connection with a spinning ring detachably mounted on an annular holder :1 which is adapted to be secured to the traverse 'bar of a spinning machine in the usual manner. Revolvably mounted on this ring is the custom-.

ary traveler l2. For the purpose of securely anchoring it to the holder, the ring has an annular flange l3 projecting therefrom for engagement at its marginal bottom side on the top edgeof the holder and a split ring I4 is engageable with the top side of this ring-flange and is detachably, retained in grooved lugs l5 rising from the holder.

Formed in the ring are one or more transverse holes or ports l6 through which lubricant is conveyed for lubricating the inner traveles engaging bearing face ll of the ring, and one or 5 more substantially upright holes or ports ||i which intersect said transverse ports and through which lubricant is conveyed for lubricating the top bearing face l8 of the ring. In the example shown in the drawing, two sets of such 10 lubricant feed ports have been shown at diametrically opposite sides of the ring and the transverse ports I! communicate with alining passages l9 formed in the ring-flange 3. Depending from the latter outwardly of the holder and in communicating relation with these passages are companion lubricant-receiving cups or wells 20. Wick elements 2| of wool oroother textile material are fitted in the ring-ports l6, their inner or discharge ends terminating at the inner bearing face I! of the ring, while their outer or feed ends extend into and are immersed in the lubricant in the 'well. Fitted in the upright ports Hi are similar wick elements 22 whose upper ends terminate at the top bearing face l8 of the ring, while 25 their lower ends are disposed in contiguous lubricant-conducting relation with the adjoining portions of the companion wick elements 2|. As the traveler revolves about the ring and over the ends of the wick elements, the lubricant is distributed thereby over the bearing faces toprovide for a maximum lubrication of the ring with a minimum consumption of oil.

For the purpose of preventing dust, dirt, lint and other foreign matter settling upon and finding its way into the immersed wick element 2| and plugging the same and stopping the flow of oil to the bearing faces of the'ring, I provide a simple and effective means for concealing or enclosing the exposed portion of this wick 40 element. By preference, this means is in the form of a cap or plate 23 shaped in plan to substantially the contour of the lubricant-receiving well 20' and adapted to be pressed into the same to occupy a position in the bottom of the well inoverlying relation to any frayed end portions of the wick 2|, as shown in Figure 2. Formed integrally with this plate substantially centrally between its ends and extending transversely of the well is an upright, loop-like portion 24 forminga chamber or pocket 25 which is transversely alined with the lubricant-passage IS in the ring-flange l3. Fitted in this pocket is a plug 26 of wool, felt or like material whose inner end is disposed in contiguous lubricant-conducting relation to the adjoining extended portion of the immersed wick element 2|. Adjacent their bottom, the side walls of the resulting pocketforming portion 240i the cap-plate are provided with one or more openings 21 therein through which the oil in the well is adapted to flow for saturating the plug 26. If desired, these openings may be formed by slitting the companion plate-walls and pressing the resulting tongues 28 inwardly therefrom, such tongues serving as clips which embrace the bottom side of the plug for detachably retaining it in place in the pocket. The opposite edges of this loop-shaped pocket fit snugly and tightly against the opposing side walls of the lubricant-receiving well so that there is no leakage of oil between such parts and no possibility of dust, dirt or other foreign matter entering the pocket 25 and interfering with the flow of oil through the plug 26 and to the feed wicks 2|, 22. The only path provided for the flow of oil from the well to the plug is through the pocket-openings 21 and these are located below the normal level of the oil in the well and thereby sealed against access of dirt and dust thereto.

As shown in Figure 2, it will be noted that the inner end of the sloping top wall of the plug-receiving pocket 25 is substantially flush with the top edge of the well 20 and adjoining ring-flange l3, while the outer end thereof is disposed somewhat below the top edge of the well to enable the oil to. overflow from that portion of the well on one side of such pocket to the portion on the opposite side thereof. Even after the well is emptied of its lubricant, the plug 26 is: sufficiently saturated with lubricant to effect lubrication of the ring for some hours.

- While manifestly simple, compact and inexpensive cap structure effectually guards against dust and dirt seeping into the wick elements and plugging the flow of lubricant to the bearing faces of the ring, and assures a constant flow of clean oil thereto at all times.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with'a spinning ring having a lubricant-receiving well and wick means for conducting the lubricant from the well to the bearing faces of the ring, of means fitted in said well constituting an enclosure for that portion of said wick means extending into the well and including a chambered portion disposed in communicating relation with the lubricant in the well and the wick means.

2. The combination with a spinning ring having a lubricant-receiving well and wick means a for conducting the lubricant from the well to the bearing faces of the. ring, of a cap-like member fitted in said well in concealing relation to the wick means extending therein and including a chamber containing an independent, lubricant-absorbing plug in communicating relation with the lubricant in the well and in contiguous lubricant-conducting relation to said wick means.

3. The combination with a spinning ring having a lubricant-receiving well and wick means for conducting the lubricant from the well to the bearing faces of the ring, of a cap-like member fitted in said well and including a chambered portion in the plane of the wick for receiving and concealing that portion thereof extending into the well and having an opening therein for the flow of oil from the well into such chambered portion.

4. The combination with a spinning ring having a lubricant-receiving well and wick means for conducting the lubricant from the well to the bearing faces of the ring, of a cap-like member fitted in said well andincluding a chambered portion in the plane of the wick for receiving and concealing that portion thereof extending in construction, this wick-concealing into the an and having" anoil inlet therein establishing communication between the well andsuch chambered portion, and a lubricant-absorbing plug fitted in the latteryandjjin lubricant- 5 conducting relation .to saidwickineans'.

5. The combination with a spinning ring having a lubricant-receiving welliand wick means for conducting the lubricant from the well to the bearing faces of the ring, of a cap-like member fitted in said well and having an integrallyformed pocket therein disposed in alining relation to the wick means for concealing the exposed end thereof, the ends of said pocket being in dust-sealing engagement with the opposing walls of said well.

6. The combination with, a spinning ring'hav-f ing a lubricant-receiving well and wick means for conducting the lubricant from the well to the bearing faces of the ring, of a cap-like memher fitted in said well and having an integrallyformed pocket therein disposed transversely of the well and in alining relation to the wick means for concealing the exposed end thereof, said pocket having an oil inlet in the lower portion thereof and below the normal level of the lubricant in the well, and a plug of absorbent material fitted in said pocket and in lubricant-com ducting relation to said wick means.

'I. A wick-enclosure cap for the lubricant wells '30 of spinning rings, comprising a plate adapted for engagement with the well and having a chamber formed therein in alining relation to the wick for concealing that portion of the wick extending into the well.

8. A wick-enclosure cap for the lubricant wells of spinning rings, comprising a plate adapted for for engagement with the well and having a chamber formed therein in alining relation to the wick for concealing that portion of the wick 4 extending into the well, and a lubricant-absorbing plug fitted in said chamber.

- 9. A dust-proof cap for the lubricant-feed well of a spinning ring having a lubricant-conducting port therein, comprising a plate adapted for engagement in the .well below the plane of the lubricant-feed port in the ring and having a chamber rising therefrom in communicating relation with such port and the lubricant in the well, said chamber extending transversely of the 60 well in alinement with the ring-port and having its opposite ends in abutting engagement with the companion side walls of the well.

10. A device of the character described, com; prising a plate having a loop-like portion formed therein and extending transversely thereof to provide a pocket closed at its top and sides and having an opening therein adjacent its junction with said plate.

11. A device of the character described, comprising a plate having a loop-like portion formed therein and extending transversely thereof to provide a pocket'closed at its top and sides and having an opening therein adjacent its junction with said plate, and a plug of absorbent material fitted in said pocket.

12. A'device of the character described, comprising a plate having a loop-like portion formed therein and extending transversely thereof to provide a pocket having side walls and a sloping top wall, one of the side walls having an opening therein adjacent its junction with the plate, and a plug of absorbent material detachably seated in said pocket.

CHARLES FILLINGER. 

